Cunnilingus

//ˌkʌn.ɪˈlɪŋ.ɡəs// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Performance of oral sex upon the vulva or vagina. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone who performs oral sex on the vulva. dated, rare, uncountable, usually

    "The stinking breath, hoarse voice, and snoring respiration of the cunnilingus, fellator and fellatrix, the effeminate, piping tone of the cinædus and irrumator, which excited the special scorn of the early satirical writers, were doubtless the expression of a catarrhal pharyngolaryngitis acquired in the discharge of their filthy practices."

Example

More examples

"I not only gave her some advice, I also gave her a cunnilingus."

Etymology

From Latin cunnilingus (literally “cuntlicker”). The meaning shift, not yet complete in the early twentieth century, perhaps derives from figurative uses where the name for a person stands for the name of a practice.

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